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Buddhist Deity: Kalachakra (Resource Page)

Kalachakra Religious Context

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Toh 361. Summary of Empowerment. Sekoddeśa. དབང་མདོར་བསྟན་པ། dbang mdor bstan pa.

Laghutantantra (Abridged Kalachakra Tantra).

Vimalaprabha (Stainless Light).

Kalapavatara (Entrance to Kalapa).


An Essence of the Kalacakra Teaching in the Sri-kalacakra-laghu-tantra-raja-hrdaya, by Andrey Strelkov.

Demystifying Shambhala: The Perfection of Peace and Harmony as Revealed by the Jonang Tradition of Kalachakra, by Shar Khentrul Jamphel Lodro (2016-04-17) by Shar Khentrul Jamphel Lodro.

The Inner Kalacakratantra: A Buddhist Tantric View of the Individual, by Vesna Wallace.

Kalachakra Tantra. Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey and Allan Wallace (1983).

The Kalacakra Tantra: The Chapter on Sadhana, Together with the Vimalaprabha Commentary (Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences), 2011, by Vesna A. Wallace.

Kalacakra and the Tibetan Calendar (Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences) by Edward Henning.

Kalacakra Webpage by Edward Henning.

The Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism, 1998, by Martin Brauen.

Mandala (2009), by Martin Brauen.

Mandala The Architecture of Enlightenment, 1998, by Denise Patry Leidy and Robert A. F. Thurman.

Ornament of Stainless Light: An Exposition of the Kalachakra Tantra (Library of Tibetan Classics Book 14) by Khedrup Norsang Gyatso and Thupten Jinpa.

Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center: Kalachakra

The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (Author), Kalu Rinpoche Translation Group.

The Way To Shambhala, 1989, by Edwin Bernbaum.

Jeff Watt 11-2016